When John Parley Waggle was born on 18 April 1841, in Jonesboro, Union, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Severs Waggle, was 25 and his mother, Mary Vancil, was 20. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Madison Township, Madison, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died in 1859, at the age of 18.
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The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
Possibly an Americanized form of Norwegian Wagle or Vagle .
Possibly an Americanized form of Swiss German Wägli or of its variant Wägeli (see Wagley 1).
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